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Thursday Vegas shooting kills 1 and injures 7

Seven people were shot, one fatally, at a Las Vegas apartment complex and two of the people who were wounded suffered injuries described as critical, police said Friday. The events leading up to the shooting started with a neighbor dispute at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday, said police Lt. Jason Johansson,… Read More

Lindsey Graham shocks Republicans with this remark

The world is watching in horror at Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and the U.S. Congress is debating whether to respond with further targeted sanctions or more severe, blanket sanctions. One senator, Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, proposed an unconventional — and bloody — solution. He called for the… Read More

Florida legislature sends 15-week abortion bill to DeSantis

Abortions after 15 weeks would be banned in Florida under a bill Republican senators sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis late Thursday, capping a bitter debate in the statehouse as a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision may limit abortion rights in America. DeSantis, a Republican, has previously signaled his support for… Read More

Families have mixed reactions to Purdue Pharma settlement

For those who lost loved ones in the opioid crisis, making sure the family behind OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma paid a price was never just about money. What many wanted was a chance to confront the Sackler family face to face, to make them feel their pain. While some may… Read More

California could loosen regulations on abortion

A bill announced Thursday in the California Legislature would let some nurse practitioners perform abortions without the supervision of a doctor — part of a plan to prepare for a potential influx of patients from other states if the U.S. Supreme Court allows states to ban or severely restrict the… Read More

Paul Revere bell returns home

A bronze bell cast in 1834 in Paul Revere’s Massachusetts foundry is coming home — capping a nearly two-century, cross-country odyssey that saw it hauled by oxcart to churches in Ohio before languishing for decades in a California garage. After a weeklong journey across the U.S., the historic bell is… Read More

Disabled orphans forced out of their homes by Russian forces

Some of Ukraine’s most vulnerable citizens that were forced to flee their homes by Russian invaders have reached safety in Poland through an effort of solidarity and compassion that transcended borders and raised a powerful counterpoint to war. On Wednesday, a train pulled into the station in Zahony, Hungary carrying… Read More

Bill Gates’ ex-wife tells all

The messy divorce between Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda French Gates has been aired out to the public. Bill’s ex-wife came clean to CBS News’ Gayle King on Thursday — and she fumed about her former husband’s relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and more. Sponsored: This… Read More

‘It worked’: Top Dem senator returns to Congress after stroke

Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., returned to Congress on Thursday for the first time since his stroke, which kept him away from Washington for weeks and temporarily weakened Democrat’s hold on power in the equally divided Senate. Luján received a standing ovation as he entered a morning hearing of the… Read More

Fewer and fewer people apply for unemployment

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week reflecting a low number of layoffs across the economy. Jobless claims fell by 18,000 to 215,000 for the week ending February 26, from 233,000 the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Sponsored: 9 drugs now linked to form of “dementia”? The… Read More